It is deemed crucial use of technology in combating crime

The trace of a stolen plane that took off from El Higuero, dawn on 22 October, alerted the State security agencies, and in minutes, the National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) reported to his Venezuela counterpart over the course of the aircraft. In a few hours the Venezuelan authorities located the flight.

Meanwhile, in the country, the security of the air terminal cameras provided the identity of the "ghost" pilots and their accomplices on land.

In December 2004, a specialist of the DNCD team arrested the captain of the national army, Quirino Ernesto Castillo, head of a powerful network of drug traffickers, after an intense intelligence work which recorded over 2,000 calls and collected hundreds of videos and pictures, using high-tech.

In August 2007, with similar procedure, the network of the Puerto Rican fugitive Jose David Figueroa fell August.

These are just three of u000athe most important cases among the hundreds of records on murders, kidnappings, drug trafficking, search for fugitives, trafficking and falsification of identity, among others, which have been resolved by the anti-drug agencies, thanks to technological advances made by the Government in the past eight years.

The same weapons
the general Rolando Rosado Mateo, head of the DNCD, says that the only way to succeed against the techniques and advanced methods using drug trafficking and organized crime, at operations in Dominican Republic, is the generation of these same techniques and methods to combat them effectively.

Although, often, as it shows the reality, the criminal phenomenon exceeds forms of reaction of the agencies of the State, forcing them to overcome or being left behind. "There is no doubt, then, that organized crime has become one of the most serious problems that" u000a"through the international community", said Chief anti-drug dominicano.

The DNCD uses the same technology to monitor the conduct and actions of its members. Recalls that on August 5, 2009, the Chief of operations of the airport of Puerto Plata emerged from a meeting in the capital and followed called a drug dealer to inform him that had been treated.

However, the against intelligence the DNCD recorded the informing with a detector of voices and the officer was sent to the jail.

In June 2009, the secret of the DNCD cameras took images and photos of their agents Miguel de Jesús Rojas and Richard Antonio Pérez and gave support to smugglers of drugs at the airport of Punta Cana.

That same night, a helicopter with night pursued a drug-laden aircraft in the area of Higu¨ey, and a failed plot by the pilots caused the ship to crash.

Surveillance satellite
in January u000a2011, with the help of the DNCD counter-narcotics forces of Spain captured the members of an international network, in a follow-up with GPS (Global Positioning System), i.e., with a global positioning system, of a container with 600 kilos of cocaine that had passed through Boca Chica. Last August, the authorities had in a few hours the murder of the journalist José a. Silvestre, ordered by a drug dealer through a database of high technology.

A fundamental aspect for the success of the reduction of air tracing illicit, in more than 90 per cent, has been adapting technical helicopter OH-58, with own resources of the DNCD, night and other technologies for operations drug in the darkness.

The acquisition of 8 Super Tucanos aircraft used in aerial interception and patrolling of the air force in support of operations of the DNCD is also relevant. The Agency acquired u000abinoculars infrared night vision for their helicopter pilots, trained in Dallas, Texas, infrared cameras monitor and a GPS for operations night.

Offices of the research areas include technology for international links with the anti-drug agencies of Canada, Germany, Holland, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and France, as well as the Office of the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) of the Department of State of the United States.

The Investigations Division performs the process of registration of detainees (tab), which records personal data and overview of cases to the management system of criminological information (SAIC), which include photos, fingerprints digital and biometric in Department of chips.

In addition to its land and air operations the DNCD has strengthened the drug interdiction at sea, supported by the Navy, which uses interception boats u000afast, equipped with radar, navigation and communication digital.

Security and defence
new technologies have become a key element in the fields of defence and security, but the Dominican armed forces applications are many, especially in preventive aspects and relief for dangerous situations or catastrophic.

The national army has special equipment for medical emergencies in remote areas and for rescue and assistance to victims.

You have installed digital cameras in some prisons, in charge of the army, through which the Chief of staff can monitor, from his Office, the movement of soldiers and prisoners.

Technology against crime is also used at ports and airports by the specialised body is port security (Cesep), led by Rear Admiral Rafael Lee Ballester and the specialized body of airport security u000a(Cesa), in charge of the general Zeno Padilla.

Great advances in the public prosecutor
to strengthen the research and application of Justice, the Attorney-General set up the first laboratory for DNA testing, the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (was).

Attorney Radhamés Jiménez has devoted particular attention to services offered by the step, equipping it with modern equipment, with an investment of more than RD$ 100 million. The DNA lab complements investigations involving other rooms for analysis, such as ballistics and controlled substances, forming the cornerstone Schematic of the step. This institution tests complement the work of other fundamental justice system operators, such as the police, the Supreme Court of Justice and the DNCD.

By DNA, authorities may shed light on crimes unresolved, due to which the only evidence that is u000aHe had only consists of biological material, such as cases of rape and other crimes. Thanks to technological advances, the justice system can identify genetic profiles through the technique of chain reaction of the polymerase (PCR), in combination with the detection of individual fragments using laser, which compares the genetic fingerprint of a suspect to evidence found at a crime scene. This technique is highly reliable, to the extent that it has become the most powerful forensic tool in recent years. You can get DNA from different types of biological materials, such as blood, saliva, sperm, hair, tissue, bone, et al.

The step offers aid scientific and technical research of the State, courts, public and private entities, organizations and individuals.

Issued reports, opinions, research, practice analysis and defines the technical and scientific standards u000athat it must comply with person performing expert tasks related to forensic science

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